How do I move multiple years of ProSeries Basic (software and client data) to a new computer (old one died)

[gammoncs]

My current ProSeries Basic computer died.  I have purchased a new computer and I need to get my 2015-2024 software and clients moved to the new computer.  I have a good backup of all of my BASWIN and Client Data files.  I see how I can go back and install prior year ProSeries Basic software which I assume would build the new BASWIN YY folders/files and new Client Data folders for that year.  After each year's software is installed, is there a way to restore the BASWIN YY folder contents and my Client Data Folder contents from my backups?  I saw notes where a handful of individual files needed to be renamed and restored but not the whole folder.

In addition, it is not clear whether the restored BASWIN YY files/folders needed to exist before the previous year software installation or whether they are restored after the install.

So back to my question.   Since I don't know how all of the Intuit Software/client data/Intuit Link components work, I need to know the easiest way to get all of my previous years Intuit software and files "restored" to my new computer so that I can get work my way back to being ready with my 2024 software as well as being able to get to my previous year software too.

I am sure that this is not real clear but I just want to make sure that I do this right so I only have to do it once.

Your thoughts and/or ideas are appreciated.

Danny Gammon

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Is this the article you read?

https://accountants.intuit.com/support/en-us/help-article/install-products/installing-proseries-new-...

[gammoncs]

Yes, this is the article that I found.  It is not clear whether I first install all of my previous year software and then restore client data and BasWinYY files or whether the restored BasWinYY files have to already be in place when the install is run for that year.  Also, since my old computer is dead, I have to rely on file backups from my external disk drive which were not created from within the ProSeries Basic software.

It would be good to know if the entire BasWinYY folder could be restored for each year as opposed to renaming 14 files inside the folder and then just copying those 14 files from the backup, for each year.  It seems like restoring the whole BasWinYY folder would better insure that nothing is missed in the restore but maybe that is just wishful thinking on my part.

Again I will do whatever has to be done, I just want to make sure that I get each year right the first time.

Thank you for your response.

Danny

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Get all your programs installed, start with the oldest year first.

You'll just need to move those backed up data files into the 23Data folder (or you could just replace the data folder for each year with the ones you have backed up), then running the Homebase Maintenance within the program, it will pull them all into Homebase if they dont show up at first.

[gammoncs]

I understand.  So nothing in the BasWinYY folders need to be restored to define things like printer settings, folder locations, etc.?  Just double checking.

Thank you for sharing this information.

Danny